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Schedule 2 | |
Section 13 | |
Consequential Amendments | |
Game Act 1831 (c. 32) | |
1 In section 35 of the Game Act 1831 (provision about trespassers: exceptions) | |
the following words shall cease to have effect: “to any person hunting or | 5 |
coursing upon any lands with hounds or greyhounds, and being in fresh | |
pursuit of any deer, hare or fox already started upon any other land, nor”. | |
Game Licences Act 1860 (c. 90) | |
2 In section 5 of the Game Licences Act 1860 (exceptions) exceptions 3 and 4 | |
(hares and deer) shall cease to have effect. | 10 |
Protection of Animals Act 1911 (c. 27) | |
3 In section 1(3)(b) of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 (offence of cruelty: | |
exceptions) a reference to coursing or hunting shall not include a reference | |
to— | |
(a) participation in a hare coursing event (within the meaning of section | 15 |
5 of this Act), or | |
(b) the coursing or hunting of a wild mammal with a dog (within the | |
meaning of this Act). | |
Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51) | |
4 Section 8(4) to (9) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (exception for | 20 |
hunting) shall cease to have effect. | |
Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 (c. 3) | |
5 For the purposes of section 2 of the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 | |
(offences: exceptions) the hunting of a wild mammal with a dog (within the | |
meaning of this Act) shall be treated as lawful if and only if it is exempt | 25 |
hunting within the meaning of this Act. | |
Schedule 3 | |
Section 13 | |
Repeals | |
| | Short title and chapter | Extent of repeal | | | | | The Game Act 1831 (c. 32) | In section 35, the words “to any person hunting | | 30 | | | | or coursing upon any lands with hounds or | | | | | | greyhounds, and being in fresh pursuit of any | | | | | | deer, hare or fox already started upon any | | | | | | other land, nor”. | | | | | The Game Licences Act 1860 (c. | In section 5, exceptions 3 and 4. | | 35 | | | 90) | | | |
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